| Definitions | neb
noun
- (context, now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
- (obsolete) A person's mouth.
- (context, now dialectal) A person's nose.
- (context, now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
- (context, now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
- 1658: In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. " Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)
- (context, now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.
Etymology: nebb "beak, nose, face", from (Ger.). Cognate with Dutch Dutch, neb, Swedish regional nív.
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